The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-29

POUNDS OF seed cotton per acre, the two-and-a-
nan feet rows would have to yield $50 pounds
to give equal profits. And clear profit is the
thing which must DO kept steadily in view.
FROM the loose, unbusiuesS-like way in which
farming is generally carried on, this
rarely can be done Some vague
idea as to the final result of the years work, as
Whole, may be had but it is rarely the case,
that farmer can tell the profit or loss of this
crop or that-of this field or of another
On good upland, rows four feet wide and
plants eighteen inches apart in the row is the
most approved distance for cotton. On rich
aiiuvlal soils, where the weed is unusually
large, the rows have to be wider, not so much
Tor the sake of increasing the quantity of
1ruit, but to admit air and sunshine, and cause
the iruit to mature and open well. Five feet
rows are not uncommon on such lands.
d. Ii the supply Of stable manure was un-
limited, we should broadcast thirty two-horse
wagon loads to the acre, after pulverizing it
well, and plow or harrow it in shallow in Feb
ruary. Then before planting time open drills
seven feet apart and put in 100 bushels green
cotton seed per acre and bed on it. Plant corn
on each side of the seed in double rows, two
leet apart, one grain every foot in each row.
fiant as early as possible to escape frost.
Surry Dobson, N. Co. First. want to ask if there
IS any difference in the benefit from lime on free
stone or limestone soils. I contend that on our
feestone Soils where there is plenty of vegetable
matter that Inning will pay just as well on the
limestone soils. l am differed from by a very old
gentleman and wish to hear from you
2 intended TO use lime in my wheat drilling,
but did not on account of being late after haul
ing Ii in. Expect to blrn land this winter to SOW
oats with lime and phosphate in spring. What pro-
portions would you use in drilling to get stand of
clover?
l. Lining, where it does good at all, is benefi-
cial on both kinds of soils, lime and freestone.
Lime has great tendency to sink down in
the soil, and in virtue of this, the surface soil
becomes deficient in it in limestone countries.
But the action of lime is uncertain and doubt
ful In our southern climate. In cold climates
where the soil is filled with vegetable matter,
lime often produces most excellent results-but
we have no facts of similar kind in the cotton
states. Our advice is to go slow in lining
experiments.
2. If we understand you correctly, you pro-
pose to mix some form of lime and phosphate
together If it be acid phosphate, it is not adj
VIsable to mix lime with 1.-THE effect will be
to destroy the solubility of the phosphate.
Liberal applications of ashes will be more apt
to secure stand of clover, than any dressing
of lime.
+. G. NJ, Louisville, Miss: First, have a mule
colt about five months old that walks ION his
right front FOOT if the joint in tie hoof was stiff
He never puts his heel to the ground; foot doesn't
seem sore nor is he lane What must must do tor
him? Second. Have another two years old that
castrated at one year old. The wound healed all
right but few months ago | noticed an enlarg-
ment; looks as if only one testcle had been re-
moved. Suppose it is hernia Will it injure him
Please give treatment ard cure.
First Nothing. Leave the case to nature
it may get righted or it may not, but interfer-
ence is likely to do harm.
Second. 1t may be hernia, though castra-
ton usually cures scrotal hernia where it ex-
lists previous to the operation. If it is hernia,
it may continue to enlarge, and may provo
very hurtful to the animal. If you cannot con-
suit veterinary surgeon, call in your physi-
clan, throw the colt and let him see whether
it is a case of hernia proper which can be re-
duced, or whether it is something else water
in the scrotum, for instance.
su5scrber, Lithonia Ga l have plat Of land
of six acres, admirably suited for cotton. Two
and half acres is poor land but makes good cotton
by heavy application of commercial manures
The balance of the land is good, with deep rich
soil, and made this year one thoufa I'd pounds of
seed cotton per acre. wish to bring the whole, if
possible to the highest stage of fertility. propose
early in January to broadcast heavily with oak
leaves. followed with heavy application of cotton
seed to the thinnest portion of the land and turn in
with good turn plow. BY the first of April lay OFF
in fonr-feet rows and apply twenty-five bushels of
cotton seed, followed with mixture of one hun
dred and fifty pounds of cotton seed meal and acid
phosphate per acre, mixed half and half. 1 seems
to me If this course was pursued for several years.
and no stock allowed to run the land, so that all
boils, stalks, leaves and stems were returned
to the land annually with the heavy application of
leaves and cotton seed, etc, it would make a soil
rich in humus and bring about results desired.
would like to have your opinion, with such sug-
gestions as you may deem proper.
Would not advise heavy broadcast spplica-
ti0ns of cotton seed for crop like cotton, or
for permanent improvement of the soil. The
predominant ingredient in cotton seed is nitro
gen, and that, in form which soon passes into
soluble substances in the soil, that are liable to
be leached out and lost. Cotton seed is adj
mirable for feeding crop, but not for fertiliz-
ing land. Applied to small grain, which leaves
a good stubble with its roots, on the land, cot
ton seed may improve the land, but even then
not very rapidly. 1t would be better, however,
TO alternate small grain with a cotton crop on
your poor land, and apply most of the
cotton seed to the grain crop. Twenty
bushels of cotton seed in drill, and one
hundred pounds of acid phosphate, with fifty
pounds of meal would be better application
The application of leaves and the keeping of
stock off the land are very desirable, and
would assist greatly in restoring fertility AS
the land improved and became filled with
humus the quantity Of cotton-seed might be
decreased and that of phosphate increased
When ones object is to increase the supply of
vegetable matter in the soil, it should never
be kept continuously under clean culture. The
pillow is great destroyer of humus. We omit
ted TO state that the leaves land cotton-seed if
they are applied) should not be turned under
deep-not exceeding three or four inches. On
poor, thin land the soil has to be deepened by
degrees.
W. II. H., YorkYille, S. C.: Some time back
gentleman of your state invented, and had manu-
featured cotton chopper Was it or vas it not
success. If a success have you seen IN. at work?
VIII it actually put cotton in the row 10 stand or
do you have 10 go over il with the hoes? DO You
think, from your knowe ige Of the machine, that
Ii will reduce price of hoeing u cotton crop.
Do not know what machine is referred TO.
But we venture to say that 10 chopper will
ever bring cotton to final stand without the
aid of fba hoo uttJnr